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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?
(a) Isaac Hayes.
(b) Charles Caldwell.
(c) Edward Franklin.
(d) Mason Davidson.

2. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(b) Dr. William Currie.
(c) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.
(d) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.

3. How many representatives met at the state house on August 27?
(a) 41.
(b) 23.
(c) 18.
(d) 36.

4. What newspaper was printed occasionally by September?
(a) National Gazette.
(b) Philadelphia Daily Advertiser.
(c) Federal Gazette.
(d) Philadelphia Chronicle.

5. When did Stephen Girard contract a mild case of yellow fever?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?

2. How many groups in Philadelphia stepped forward and offered to help with the sick and deceased?

3. Besides the mayor, how many members were on the illegal special committee formed to run Philadelphia?

4. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. How many died on September 8?

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